Klarinet Archive - Posting 000374.txt from 2004/05

From: "Film & Music Promotion Management" <FilmPromotion@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] re: Truth in the hot dog stand
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 05:27:59 -0400

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Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subject: Truth in the hot dog stand
Message-ID: <1e7bbbb14c.tony.p@-----.org>

> Humorous real-life example from this morning's news:
>
> Baseball fans (in New York City, I believe?) are in an uproar
because
> the stadium concessionaire has replaced Cracker Jacks with
Munch-A-Bunch
> (I may have the name wrong). The song "Take Me Out To The Ball
Game",
> which is almost the national anthem of baseball parks, says "Buy me
some
> popcorn and Cracker Jacks", and therefore it is 'wrong' to replace
> Cracker Jacks at the hot dog stand.

Sounds a pretty good argument, of its sort, to me. A large part of
what is
attractive about attending something like a baseball game probably
lies in
the sum of the security you get from sharing an established ritual
with the
other spectators, plus the uncertainty and excitement you get from
exposing
yourself to the hazard that the team you support may lose.

"And some damned hot dog company wants to change what we've always had
just
to make a few extra bucks? And render our *song* obsolete!!!??"

> Clearly (?) this is a matter of violating tradition rather than a
matter
> of "gastronomical truth'..... I think.

I don't know that there is such a thing as gastronomical 'truth' any
more
than I know there is such a thing as musical 'truth'; but if there is
such a
thing as gastronomical 'truth', I think this would be quite a good
contender
for the position.

Tony
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I like to make the joke that I'm 1-2 steps away from most everything
that goes on and this one is no difference.
One of my students fathers is one of the lead councils for Aramark
which is the Food Vendor Corp for most all of the Sports arenas - he'd
probably be one of the guys that would get the law suit if there were
any.

:)

David Blumberg
http://artists.primetones.com/blummy

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